Waterbury Mayor Michael J. Jarjura is asking city officials to spend $40,000 buying books for city children attending private schools. The request easily passed the Board of Aldermen and will go before the Board of Education on Monday. The request has sparked some questions from Board of Education members about why the city should subsidize private education.

Local private schools expanding (The Daily Progress)

Several private schools in Albemarle County and Charlottesville are growing to accommodate current and future enrollments, school officials say.

Punahou School to get PV solar system (BizJournals)

Punahou School soon will have one of the largest photovoltaic solar systems at any private school in the nation.

Middle school boys get special treatment (The News-Times)

DANBURY -- Eleven sixth-graders are the first students in the new Pathways Academy, a private middle school for boys in Danbury.The school will be on display as part of a grand opening and dedication Saturday of the Jericho House and Jericho Samaritan Center.

Elon poll: Nearly half oppose school vouchers (Greensboro News & Record)

ELON — Nearly half of North Carolina residents oppose school vouchers, according to the latest Elon University poll . The opposition to vouchers was not a majority, however, and the poll showed that four in 10 N.C. residents support the use of vouchers. When asked whether they agree or disagree that parents who choose to educate their children in private or religious schools should receive ...